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its cry. For a similar reason it is known in New Britain as roh-roh,^ 

 in Australia as twonh^ and in the Malay Archipelago as codac.^ The 

 lizard is named kurru-rupu by the natives of these straits, an appel- 

 lation which is suggested by its cry ; in the Malay Archipelago it is 

 known as kikia.^ The hornbill is called i30~jpo by the natives of 

 Bougainville Straits in imitation of the rushing sound that it makes 

 during its flight, which has been aptly compared by travellers to the 

 noise of a locomotive. For this reason the natives of New Britain 

 term it hanga-hanga f whilst at Redscar Bay, New Guinea, it is 

 called paioporo.^ In a like manner the native dog of these straits 

 is named au-au, and the bush-hen (Megapod) hokole ; there is, how- 

 ever, no necessity to supplement these more familiar imitative names 

 from the numerous examples in the languages of neighbouring 

 regions. The native names, which the frog and the hornbill have 

 received in the localities alluded to, will serve to show how varied 

 may be the form of the name which has been suggested by the noise 

 or cry of the animal. There would, thus, appear at first sight to be 

 but little connection between the names po-po and hanga-hanga; 

 yet those persons who have been familiar with the noise made by 

 the hornbill during its flight will recognise these terms as distinctly 

 imitative of such a sound. Again, few would guess that such difie- 

 rent sounding names, as appa-appa, rok-rok, twonk, and codac, have 

 Ibeen very naturally suggested by the cry of the frog. 



^ Wilfred Powell's " Wanderings in a Wild Country," &c. 



2 Tylor's "Primitive Culture." 



3 Labillardiere's " Voyage in search of La Perouse." (Vocabularies in Vol. II.) 

 * Labillardiere. Ibid. 



5 Wilfred Powell. Ibid. 



^ Macgillivray's " Voyage of H.M.S. ' Rattlesnake.'" 



